Rui's ethereal eyes lit up at that explanation. "How fascinating. A sentient, conscious planet generating energy for itself by consciously engaging in nuclear fusion at the very epicenter of its planet? How resourceful, I must say."
Now that he thought about it, he never considered where planets get energy for their strange metabolism. With Gaia, he knew that there were cycles of geophysics and geochemistry that comprised her metabolism. The energy generated by the sun appeared to be enough for her.
Then again, she also didn't do crazy things like shoot out lasers the size of moons
Garg appeared to need extra energy for extra processes that drained it of energy. The fact that the temperature cooled down immediately suggested to Rui that the energy was being rapidly absorbed by something.
Rui's eyes lit up as an idea emerged in his head. "Did Ceeran manage to get his hands on a sample from the ground?"
